It's great to start off the day with reading about the hysterically funny things going on at your house - I've almost stopped crying from laughing.

Here's my own "by the way": it's hilarious being at home and informing the 'rents of a new Amy-post.  I'm sitting in my new "zero gravity lounger" (woo-hoo) reading your blog when both Mom and Dad drift through the living room, wanting to know what I'm howling at.  "New post up!" I cry, and they both disappear to their respective computers.  A few minutes later, I can hear Mom cackling from the sewing room upstairs, and Dad chuckles periodically from the living room.  :)